Awards & Recognitions – March 2025
Philanthropy Award
Barrow Neurological Foundation received the 2024 Philanthropy Award for the largest gift within the CommonSpirit Health system. The $25 million donation will support Barrow Neurological Institute’s initiative to explore the mysteries of the mind.
ACNS Young Investigator Award
John Eaton, MD, a clinical neurophysiology fellow at Barrow, received the 2025 Young Investigator Award from the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. He earned the award for his poster, “Thalamic sEEG to Characterize Seizure Propagation,” at the ACNS Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Eaton’s co-authors from Barrow included neurosurgeon Andrew Yang, MD; neurologist David Harris, MD; and professor of electroneurodiagnostics Stephen Foldes, PhD. He also collaborated with Arizona State University and Creighton University.
Resident Teaching Scholar Award
Cyrus Elahi, MD, a PGY-5 neurosurgery resident at Barrow, has been selected by Creighton University’s Phoenix Campus class of 2025 to receive the Resident Teaching Scholar Award. The award recognizes the positive impact made by Dr. Elahi on the students’ third and fourth years of medical school.
Match Day 2025
On the heels of Match Day 2025, Barrow Neurological Institute is thrilled to announce the incoming class of neurology and neurosurgery residents. The following individuals will begin their training at Barrow this summer, at the start of the new academic year:
Neurology
- Iheanyi Amadi, MD, University of Kansas School of Medicine
- Beyza Aydin, MD, Istanbul Universitesi
- Rodrigo De La Torre, MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
- Jordan Houser, MD, Rush Medical College
- Sheel Shah, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- Rachel Schuurs, MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix
- Kishan Sinojia, MD, University of Tennessee College of Medicine
- Michael J. Smith, MD, Creighton University Health Sciences Campus–Phoenix
- Yuxuan Wu, MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix
Neurosurgery
- Gabrielle Hovis, MD, University of California Irvine School of Medicine
- Benjamin Rodriguez, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Sarah Sternbach, MD, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
- Gunther Wong, MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine